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Will do. Thank you!

Hello All, I tested my water and my pH is 7.4 and Total Alkalinity is 100. Pool math recommends adding 4 lbs of Borax to increase the pH to 7.6. But it also recommends lowering the pH to 7.0-7.2 to reduce the Total Alkalinity. Seems contradictory or I am misunderstanding? Thanks, Eldon

I few days ago I notice that my water was a bit cloudy. Not bad, be just not the super clear water that I like. We did get a couple inches of rain last week, but nothing out of the ordinary. I have tested my water twice in the past couple of days and everything seems normal. It was not gotten...

After 2 years of a perfect pool following the help on this forum, the past week or so my pool as not been able to get that crystal clear water that I usually have. I have bumped up the chlorinator, but still not change (actually the water maybe a bit worse) - so something must have gotten...

Oh, I see - new user problem.:mad: I had not entered any test results yet, just filled out the pool info and then went to the overview tab and it listed all the recommend levels. I went ahead and entered my last test results and then the FC recommendation are now 3-9. Thanks for help.

I just download the app and am setting it up for my pool and I noticed that the recommended levels that is suggests for FC are 1-3, but on the web page it shows 3-5 for my pool type. Is this a bug in the app or am I missed something, I have double checked my pool setup on the app - selected...

First a quick testimonial/thank you - So I have been putting into practice everything that has been suggested here and the results have been amazing! Since I got bought my test kit this spring and worked to get my pool levels to where it should be (only took a couple of weeks), the pool looks...

Perfect. Nothing mentioned in the manual about warranties, so I definitely will stick TFP. Thank you!

When looking thru the manual of my chlorinator and noticed that a couple of the recommend levels that it says are different than the tfp chart. The differences are (manual vs tfp chart) FC - 1-3 vs 3-5 CYA 30-60 vs 70-80 TA 80-120 vs 60-80 I did not even know this info was in the manual, I...

My SWG has been off since since I started SLAM last Friday. I was thinking I would probably need to turn it on tomorrow based upon current fall rate of FC, but I will know for sure when I test tomorrow.

Diamond Day sound fun! Will do that this weekend with kids over. One question, what do you mean when you say I will need to elevate the FC? Is not 3-5 range I should be in? Or are you saying its going to drop fast once I add the stabilizer so get ready to compensate?

I am just coming on SLAMing my pool. Water is cleared up and looking great! This morning I did a complete set of tests, here are the results: FC 6 CC 0 pH 7.2 CH 425 CYA 30 TA 80 Salt 3000 If I am understanding things correctly, here are my next steps: 1) Add salt - the manual for my...

Thanks for the DE info! So if I am reading this correctly I should backwash the filter and then add the DE? Then its is best to add it each time I backwash? Also, I see lowes as a Clorox DE for pools, that OK? One last question, should I wait until water is totally clear and my FC levels...

Sorry about that. I have updated the signature. It is a sand filter.

So I ran the overnight test and my FC level stayed the same (at 10) but the water is still a bit cloudy (but WAY better than it was 2 days ago). I would think by tomorrow is will be pretty much all clear if in continues on this path. I am continuing to sweep the pool and the robotic cleaner is...